Policy paper

UK support to Ukraine: factsheet

Published 21 August 2024

Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine poses a serious threat to UK prosperity and security.  We are proud to be a leading partner in providing vital support to Ukraine.

In total, the UK has committed almost £12.7 billion for Ukraine: £7.6 billion in military support and £5 billion in non-military support.  

Diplomacy

• the UK has supported UNGA resolutions condemning:

  • Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: 2 March 2022 and 23 February 2023
  • Russia’s attempted illegal annexation of four eastern Ukrainian regions: 12 October 2022
  • Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s critical energy infrastructure, including nuclear facilities: 24 July 2024

• we support the OSCE as a forum to hold Russia accountable. Since February 2022, we have invoked the Moscow Mechanism 4 times

• we support G7 efforts to halt the war and ensure that Russia pays for the damage done to Ukraine. The ‘Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration’ Loans for Ukraine will make available about $50 billion in additional funding to Ukraine by the end of 2024

Military

• the UK has provided £7.6 billion in military support since the invasion, and will provide £3 billion in military support for 2024 to 2025

• we will sustain £3 billion a year in military aid until 2030 to 2031 and for as long as it takes (announced on 10 July 2024)

• we have sent around 400 different capabilities to Ukraine, with a new package of military equipment announced on 7 July 2024

• a new UK/Ukraine Defence Industrial Support Treaty makes it easier for Ukraine to draw on £3.5 billion of export finance to support its armed forces (signed on 19 July 2024)

• we have trained over 45,000 Ukrainian personnel in the UK under Operation INTERFLEX

• we administer the International Fund for Ukraine to procure military equipment: over £966 million has been pledged to the International Fund for Ukraine to date, including for a new £300 million ammunition order (announced on 10 July 2024)

Non-military

• the UK’s non-military commitments to Ukraine since the start of the invasion come to £5 billion. This includes £4.1 billion in fiscal support through World Bank loan guarantees and £937 million in bilateral assistance

• we will provide £242 million in bilateral assistance for 2024 to 2025, to fund humanitarian, energy, stabilisation, reform, recovery and reconstruction programmes

Humanitarian

• the UK has given £357 million in humanitarian assistance to Ukraine and the region since the invasion

• we gave £137 million in 2023 to 2024, including winter supplies and support for the most vulnerable, in partnership with the UN, Red Cross Movement and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). This contributed to an international humanitarian response that reached 11 million people in Ukraine in 2023

• we have provided £8.6 million to HALO Trust for demining. Our demining efforts supported the clearance of over 310,000 square metres of land (May 2022 to June 2024)

Recovery and reconstruction

• the UK co-hosted the Ukraine Recovery Conference in 2023, raising over $60 billion

• war risk insurance is being provided through the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) to boost inward investment into Ukraine

• we have offered £3.5 billion in UK Export Finance to cover infrastructure, health and energy projects

• UK flagship recovery initiatives include: the Ukraine Business Compact and the G7+ Clean Energy Partnership

• our Good Governance Fund for Ukraine, a £38 million 3-year technical assistance programme, counters corruption and supports reform

Energy

• overall, the UK has given over £170 million for energy security and resilience in Ukraine  

• we have guaranteed a £47.5 million European Bank for Reconstruction and Development loan to the Ukrainian state energy provider

• we have also contributed £44 million to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund, including £20 million in new emergency assistance announced this year (2 May 2024)

• we have committed £16 million to invest to support UK and Ukrainian innovators to help rebuild a greener and more resilient energy grid through UK’s Innovate Ukraine Green Energy Competition

• the UK is also supporting the supply of vital fuel to Ukraine’s nuclear power plants to help power Ukraine and maintain its independence from Russian fuel

Sanctions

• the UK has sanctioned over 2,000 individuals and entities, 1,700 of which have been sanctioned since Russia’s full-scale invasion, the most wide-ranging sanctions ever imposed on a major economy

• UK, US and EU sanctions have deprived Russia of over $400 billion in revenue since February 2022, equivalent to 4 more years of funding for the invasion

• we implemented a coordinated UK-US ban on the trade in Russian metals on the world’s 2 largest metals exchanges (announced on 12 April 2024)

• according to its own Ministry of Finance, Russian revenues from oil and gas dropped by 24% in 2023 and Russian energy firm Gazprom lost $6.9 billion, its first loss in 25 years

• 44 countries and the EU signed our call to action on 18 July 2024 to tackle the shadow fleet that transports Russian oil and gas outside G7 sanctions, and we have sanctioned 15 ships of the shadow fleet in total

War crimes and justice

• the UK has given £6.2 million to support Ukraine’s domestic war crimes investigations

• we have also given an additional £2 million to the International Criminal Court

• the UK is an active member of the ‘core group’ scoping options for achieving accountability for the crime of aggression

• we are a founding member of the International Register of Damage to support claims by Ukrainians who have suffered losses as a result of the war

Trade

• the UK-Ukraine TechBridge delivers projects in mutual trade, investment, innovation research and digital skills development

• our City-Ukraine Hub leverages UK expertise to deliver capacity building projects

• our Business Bridge Ukraine connects UK and Ukrainian businesses

• our military aid and insurance through the UK-developed Unity facility has supported the Black Sea maritime corridor and enabled Ukraine to export their full harvest this year, crucial for global food security and Ukraine’s economy

Ukrainians in the UK

• 212,100 Ukrainians have arrived in the UK, including 153,800 via Homes for Ukraine (as of 12 August 2024)

• in February 2024 we announced a new permission extension scheme